Matrix magazine for typographical machines



Dee. 4, 1934. R. E. SYLTE 1,983,501

MATRIX MAGAZINE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINES Filed Feb. '7, 1954 L INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 4, 1934 s PATENT OFFICE MACHINES MATRIX MAGAZINE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL Richard E. Sylte, Chicago, Ill., assignor' to Intertype Corporation, Broo tion of New York klyn, N. Y., a corpora- Application February 7, 1934, Serial Nor 710,143

In Germany November 11, 1933 I '14 Claims. 01. 199-44) The present invention relates to improvements in matrix magazines for typographical machines and more especially those of thewel-l-known class disclosed generally in U. S. Letters Patent 1 No. 436,532 granted September 16-, 1890, wherein character bearing matrices stored in a; magazine are delivered therefrom under control of a keyboard and composed into lines which are conveyed to a mold and type bars or slugs cast "10: therefrom, after which the matrices used in: the

lines" are returned by distributing mechanism to therespecti-ve channels in themagazine from which they were drawn, and the primary obje'ct of the present invention is to provide a magfazin'e of improved construction which affords certain advantages over magazine structures as heretofore used or proposed, especially when employed in conjunction with: relatively large or thick matrices such as those used for display '20" or headline composition.

Heretofore, so-called split magazines have been used or proposed for machines of this-class for use in conjunction with larger sizes of mat'-' rices such as those employed for display composijtion, such magazines comprising an upper or guiding section which serves to direct matrices from the distributor and magazine channel entrance of the machine downwardly to alower section in which the matrices are stored ready for release by operation of the usual keyboard of the machine. The two sections of such previously used magazines have been made of sub stantially equal length, the sections joining at a. point approximately midway between the top or entrance end and the bottom or exit end of a full length magazine or, when placed in the machine, at a point about midway between the channel entrance leading from the distributor and the assembler entrance leading to the assembling mechanism, an example of such a magazine being shown in U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,338,627 granted April 27, I920.

The length of the lower section of such a magazine enables the storing of about eleven matrices in a column ineachof its channels, but it has been found in practice'that fonts of the larger size matrices for casting headlines and display matter need not in many instances contain more than a maximum of seven matrices of any character excepting those bearing the most frequently used characters, such as the letter E of which there areusually two columns. By reducing the length of the lower magazine section and correspondingly reducing the number ofmatrices therein; such magazine section, together with the matrices which are normally stored therein will be render'ed much lighter in weight and hence capable of handling more easily by the operator when exchanging such magazine sections, which is frequently ne'cessary in the composition of headline and display matter. Moreover, the cost of fonts of larger size matrices will be re duced, due to the appreciable reduction of the number or matrices required. Furthermore, to meet modern requirements, it is necessary to provide magazines of greater width than the usual standard magazines in order that they may carry the largest sizes of matrices which the machine may handle practically. When such widened magazines are used, it becomes more desirable to shorten such lower magazine sections in: order to minimize their total weight and to concentrate this weight as far forward as possible on the machine so that the operator in lifting such magazine sections to'place them on or remove them from the machine will notbe thrown out of balance.

The presentinvention enables typographical machines of the class referred to to accommodate the usual half length lower magazine sections and also'lo'wer magazine sections of' less than half length, it providing an adaptor section which may be placed exchangeably in a positionbetween the magazine channel entrance and the assembler entrance in the path of travel-of the matrices to cooperate with a lower magazine section'of less than half length when such is used and'is removable from such position to enable a lower magazine section of the usual half length to be placed in operative position. Preferably, such "adaptor section is mounted pivotally so that it may be swung to and from operative position as required.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations and arrangements of parts all as will be herematter more fully described, the features of novelty being pointed out particularly .in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1' is a side elevation, partly in section, of a portion of a typographical machine equipped with'a matrix magazine embodying the present invention; and

Figure 2 is a plan view, partly in section, of the improved magazine.

Similar parts are designated by the same reference characters in the difierent figures.

The preferred embodiment of they invention is shown in the present instance applied to a typographical machine of the general class hereinbefore referred to, 1 representing a magazine support or frame which is mounted in the usual stationary main frame 2 of the machine, 3 representing the distributor which receives the. matrices after they have been used in the lines and distributes them to the appropriate channels in the magazine, 4 represents the usual magazine channel entrance which receives the matrices from the distributor and directs them into the upper ends of their appropriate channels in the magazine and 5 represents the assembler entrance or throat which directs the matrices delivered from the lower end of the magazine into the assembling mechanism which assembles the matrices into lines, these elements of the machine corresponding to those usually employed in machines of this class and operating in the usual and well-known manner.

The improved magazine provided by the present invention is supported in an inclined position onthe frame 1 so that the matrices will gravitate therethrough from its upper matrix receiving end to its lower or matrix delivery end, the magazine according to the present invention comprising an upper section 6 which may be of a length approximately one-half that of the usual full length standard magazine, this magazine section having cross bars '7 on its under side which rests on the frame 1, one of these cross bars being arranged to engage a cross rail or member 8 on the frame 1 and removably support this magazine section with its upper end adjacent to and in matrix receiving relation with the channel entrance 4. The improved magazine also comprises a lower section 9 which is relatively short or of a length less than half the length of the usual standard full length magazine, this lower magazine section having cross bars 10 on its under side adapted to removably rest on the frame 1, this magazine section being provided with escapements 11 for releasing matrices for delivery therefrom, one of the cross bars 10 on this magazine section being adapted to rest removably against a cross rail or member 12 on the frame 1 and to support this lower section in operative position with its escapements 11 in cooperative relation with the usual keyboard operated escapement actuating reeds 13 and its lower matrix delivery end in a position to deliver matrices therefrom into the assembling entrance 5. The improved magazine also comprises an adaptor section 14 which is of a size and shape to fit removably or exchangeably into and fill the space between the lower end of the upper section 6 and the upper end of the short lower section 9.

The upper, lower and adaptor sections when mounted in the machine, as shown by the full lines in Figure 1 collectively constitute a matrix magazine which extends from the channel entrance 4 to the assembler entrance 5, these magazine sections being provided in their upper and lower walls with grooves or channels 15, 16 and 1'7 for guiding the matrices, these channels of the different magazine sections alining when the sections are assembled so that they will guide the matrices as they gravitate from the upper end of the magazine to the lower section wherein they are normally stored, and these channels are preferably of a number sufficient to accommodate a full font of the larger or display matrices comprising lower case, figures and capitals, according to the regular equipment of main magazines usually employed in machines of this class, the sections of the improved magazine being preferably of trapezoidal form and the composite magazine produced collectively by the sections being of trapezoidal form conforming substantially in size and shape with the usual standard full length or one piece magazine. The improved magazine may thus replace interchangeably the usual standard one piece magazine commonly used in a standard machine and cooperate with thedistributing, assembling and other elements of the machine.

In order to facilitate the placing of the adaptor section 14 in operative relation with the upper and lower magazine sections and its removal therefrom, the adaptor section is preferably provided with means for supporting it for movement into and out of operative position. Preferably and as shown in the present instance, the adaptor section 14 is pivotally connected to the upper section 6, the adaptor section having a pair of arms 18 attached to its sides or edges, these arms being pivotally connected by pivots 19 to lugs 20, the latter being fixed to the sides or edges of the upper section 6, such pivotal mounting of the adaptor section 14 guiding it to swing into the full line operative position shown in Figure 1 orinto the inactive position shown by the dotted lines in that figure. By removing the adaptor section 14 from its operative position, the short lower section 9 may be exchanged for a lower section 21 of a different length as for example one of a length equal to the length of the upper section 6 or a length equal to substantially one-half the total length of the magazine, as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 1, such a substituted lower magazine section cooperating directly at its upper end with the lower end of the upper section 6 and being supported on the frame 1 so that its escapements will be in operating relation with the reeds 13 and its lower end will be in matrix delivering relation with the assembler entrance 5. By removing a lower magazine section, such as the? section 21, a shorter lower magazine section, such as the section 9 may be mounted in opera tive position, and by swinging the adaptor from its inactive position indicated by the dotted lines to its, operative position between the upper and lower sections, as indicated by the full lines in Figure 1, the machine is adapted to operate to deliver matrices from the short lower section 9. The adaptor section 14 thus enables lower magazine sections of different lengths to be used interchangeably with the usual upper or guide section 6.

The present invention adapts typographical machines to an increased range of composition while facilitating the changes required therein to adapt it to different kinds of composition. By using relatively short lower magazine sections, the weight thereof and of the relatively small or minimum number of large headlineor display matrices of each character that may be contained therein are reduced to a minimum, thus enabling the operator to exchange such magazine sections, as changes in the nature of the composition may require, with facility, although the machine may be easily and quickly adapted for composition of a nature requiring a larger number of relatively smaller matrices of each character for the composition of a larger number of lines by exchanging such relatively short lower section for a longer lower section containingsuch larger number of matrices.

Moreover, by minimizing the number of relatively large or display matrices contained in each lower magazine section, the cost to the user of the large variety of sizes and styles of such matrices usually required is greatly reduced.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a matrix magazine for typographical machines comprising a matrix guiding section and a. section to receive and hold matrices from said guiding section, an exchangeable magazine section movable into and out of a position to enable matrix holding sections of different lengths to be used.

2. In a matrix magazine for typographical machines comprising an upper matrix guiding section and a lower matrix containing section, a magazine section movable into and out of position between said sections to enable lower sections of difierent lengths to be used.

3. In a typographical machine having a channel entrance and an assembler entrance, an upper magazine section supported in position to receive matrices from the channel entrance, a lower magazine section supported in position to deliver matrices to the assembler entrance, and a magazine adaptor section removably supported in a position between the channel and assembler entrances to accommodate lower magazine sections of diiferent lengths.

4. A matrix magazine for typographical machines comprising an upper matrix guiding section, a lower matrix containing section, and an adaptor section positioned between said upper and lower sections for conducting matrices from the former to the latter, said adaptor being removable from said position to enable a lower section of another length to be used.

5. A matrix magazine for typographical machines comprising an upper section, a lower section spaced endwise therefrom, and an adaptor section insertable in the space between the ends of said sections for conducting matrices between them, said adaptor section being removable from said space to accommodate a relatively longer lower section for direct cooperation with the upper section.

6. In or for a typographical machine, a matrix magazine comprising upper and lower sections, and a matrix conducting adaptor section having means supporting it to move into and out of operative position between said upper and lower sections.

7. In or for a typographical machine, a matrix magazine comprising an upper matrix guiding section, a lower matrix containing section spaced endwise from said upper section, and a matrix conducting adaptor section having means for supporting it to swing into and out of operative position between the ends of said upper and lower sections.

8. In or for a typographical machine having a channel entrance and an assembler entrance spaced therefrom, separate matrix magazine sec- 1 tions supported in the space between said entrances to conduct matrices from one to the other thereof, one of said sections comprising a plurality of endwise connected matrix conducting portions.

9. In or for a typographical machine having a channel entrance and an assembler entrance, a plurality of cooperative matrix magazine sections of different lengths for conducting matrices from one entrance to the other, one of said sections having means for rendering it effective in whole or in part as desired for cooperation with another of said sections.

10. In or for a typographical machine having a channel entrance and an assembler entrance, a plurality of matrix mgazine sections of difierent lengths supported in cooperative relation to form a continuous path for conducting matrices from one entrance to the other and means carried by one of said sections for altering its length to permit correspondingly altering the length of another of said sections.

11. In or for a typographical machine having a channel entrance and an assembler entrance, a plurality of active matrix magazine sections supported in cooperative relation with each other and with the entrances to form a matrix conducting path between said entrances, one of said sections having means for altering its length to permit alteration of the number of active magazine sections.

12. In or for a typographical machine having a channel entrance and an assembler entrance spaced therefrom, separate matrix magazine sections supported in the space between said entrances to conductmatrices from one to the other thereof, one of said sections comprising a plurality of connected relatively movable matrix conducting portions adapted in one position of the parts to provide a matrix conducting section of one length and in another position of the parts to provide a matrix conducting section of a different length.

13. In or for a typographical machine having a channel entrance and an assembler entrance spaced therefrom, separate matrix magazine sections supported in the space between said entrances to conduct matrices from one to the other thereof, one of said sections comprising a plurality of endwise connectible matrix conducting portions, and means for arranging said portions in different relative positions to vary the operative length of said last mentioned section.

14. In or for a typographical machine having a channel entrance and an assembler entrance spaced therefrom, separate matrix magazine sections supported in the space between said entrances to conduct matrices from one to the other thereof, one of said sections comprising a plurality of connected matrix conducting portions, and means for selectively arranging said portions in superposed relation to provide a relatively short matrix conducting section or in endwise aligned relation to provide a relatively long matrix conducting section.

RICHARD E. SYLTE. 

